Orthodox calendar: October 31 - celebration of the memory of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luketranslated

22nd Week after Pentecost.

Today, October 31, 2026, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the Apostle and Evangelist Luke (I); martyr Marina of Tarsus (IV); St. Julian the Hermit (IV); finding the relics of St. Joseph, abbot of Volotsk, wonderworker (1515); Resignation of the Military Medical Center Zlaty (Chryses) (1795) (Bulgarian); sschmchch. Andrei, Sergius, Sergius, Nicholas presbyters, MC. Elizabeth (1937).

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Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, a native of Syrian Antioch, an apostle from the 70, a companion of the holy Apostle Paul (Phil. 1, 24; 2 Tim. 4, 10), a doctor from an enlightened Greek environment.

Having heard about Christ, Luke arrived in Palestine and here he ardently accepted the saving teaching from the Lord Himself. Among the 70 disciples, Saint Luke was sent by the Lord to preach the first sermon about the Kingdom of Heaven during the Savior’s life on earth (Luke 10: 1 - 3). After the Resurrection, the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to Saints Luke and Cleopas, who were going to Emmaus.

Apostle Luke took part in the second missionary journey of the Apostle Paul, and from then on they were inseparable. When all his co-workers left Saint Paul, the Apostle Luke continued to share with him all the difficulties of his evangelistic work (2 Tim. 4:10). After martyrdom...